In addition to doing my own literature reviews, I attended a nutrition conference session presented by independent obesity scientists, including Ted Kyle. The session was sponsored by Novo Nordisk. I was not paid to write this post and my opinions and experiences are my own. This week is [...]
It's just my nature to question things. Almost every single day you may read a health-related headline. Often times the headline may correlate a diet, food or ingredient to a health issue. But you may not realize that it's a correlation, since the headline may mislead you into thinking it's [...]
A friend of mine recommended this book to me. He's not a dietitian. He's a geologist who knows a lot about shale and hydraulic fracking. But like me, he loves to eat. He found The Dorito Effect a fascinating read and let me borrow his copy. The book's [...]
In the 1980s and 90s I counseled thousands of patients. I gained confidence and satisfaction in helping many of them reduce cholesterol levels, lose weight, and manage their diabetes. If they returned for their follow up visit, I knew they were ready to learn, and would be successful using [...]
There's absolutely no question that eating a balanced diet, and maintaining a healthy weight is good for your health. There's also no question that there are no guarantees in life. Even if there's not one more bit of nutrition or fitness research done, I'm pretty darn sure that: [...]
The journal Obesity recently published an expert panel report reviewing what could be the most effective obesity treatment guidelines. The panel's report intends to settle some of the arguments among health care providers in terms of what exactly is the best evidence-based approach to weight management. freedigitalphotos.net [...]
An article was just published this week stating that exercise "is as good as medicine" for treating heart disease. Hmmn, that's funny, I've known about this for almost 30 years...and I know older colleagues who've known it longer than that. Obesity rates continue to soar, even though we've [...]
Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist from California, came onto the nutrition scene in 2009 when he posted on YouTube a lengthy lecture about the alleged dangers of fructose. After millions of hits, his mantra that sugar is “poison” began to take hold for a select group of [...]
The new school lunch regulations have been reported this week as a "fix" for the poor eating habits of our children, but will it work? I'm a fan of the school lunch program, and feel it serves two purposes: 1) To provide a balanced meal (adequate in calories, [...]
You've heard about it by now - Aiming to fight the obesity epidemic, the mayor of New York has proposed a ban on the sale of large (>16 ounce) sugary beverages by restaurants, mobile food carts, movie theaters, and delis. Will it help? As Chaos Theory purports: Nature [...]